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PATENT JOHN W. FO'WLER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

STOVE-EOXFQR: CAR-HEATERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,087, dated July 5, 1887.

Application filed September 2, 1886; Serial No. 219,467. (No model.)

To all whom it mayconcerm Be it knownthat I, JOHN W. FOWLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, inthe State of New York, have in vented a new and useful Improvement in Stove-Boxes for Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to open-front casings or screens for those car-heaters which are in the form of upright stoves, preferably located at or about the middle of the passenger-compartment, so that the heat therefrom shall be diffused as equally as possible throughout the car.

Heretofore these F stove-boxes, as they are termed, have been constructed mainly of wood, with expensive or unsightly metallic trim mings.

The present invention consists in certain novel features of construction embodied in an improved open'front stove-box, as hereinafter described and claimed,its objects being to provide for making the same mainly of cast-iron,

. but withnon-metallic sides of wood, and at the same time light and ornate; to adapt the same to be manufactured separately and readily fittedinto cars; to protect its wooden sides against excessive heat; to provide for holding in place narrow ornamental boards to form such sides, and at the same time for supporting an internal heat reflector or screen of sheet metal by means of cast-iron top and bottom plates; to provide for the free escape of heated air into the car from all parts of the interior of the box, and to provide an effective air-space beneath the base of the stove by means of a peculiarly constructed bottom plate.

Three sheets of drawings accompany this specification as part thereof.

Figurel of these drawings is ahalf-face view of my said stove-box. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section thereof. Figs. 3 and at are respectively top and bottom views of the detached stove-pipe collar of the top plate. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 represent horizontal sections in the respective planes indicated in Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a half-top View of the top plate. Fig. 9 is a half-top view of the bottom plate; and 50 Fig. 10 is a perspective view of my said stovebox, showing the same in use within a street ,car and in connection with an ordinary stove, S, and its uptakepipe P.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures. My said stove-box comprises a top plate,T, a bottom plate, B, and a metallicfront frame, F, all of cast-iron, the latter in four castings, a b c d, together with wooden sides S S, and an internal sheet-metal heat reflector or screen, I, preferably of zinc, and a cast-iron stove pipe collar, 0, as shown in the drawings. Being eastings,said top plate, T,and front frame, F, may be quite ornate, as indicated, and at the same time light and inexpensive. The whole 6 constitutes a distinct article of manufacture, and is readily fitted to any car of a given general style and size by simply cutting the rear edges, 6, Figs. 2 and 5, of the wooden sides S, as indicated by the dotted line 0, Fig. 2, for example, so as to fit them to the curved side of the car, which forms the backof the box. Being of wood, they are readily so cut and fitted, and at the same time, owing to the protection against excessive heat afforded by said internal screen, I, they are as durable as the rernainder of the structure. To render the sides more ornate and to protect them against cracking by shrinkage, they are formed of narrow tongued and grooved boards, as seen in Figs. 2 and 5, which also facilitates fitting the box to different cars, as the sides can, if desirable, be extended beyond the short bottom plate, B, at the bottom of the box by a mere substitution of long rear boards for the short ones ordinarily required in street-cars. To hold in place wooden sides so constructed,and at the same ti me to support said inner screen, I, the lower surface of said top plate, T, and the upper surface of said 0 bottom plate, B,are provided with flangesfg h perpendicular to each of said surfaces. Said flanges f 9' form grooves to receive the ends of the side boards, and said flanges h form curved internal supports, around which said screen 5 I is readily bent. Thus supported, the screen only requires to be fastened at its front edges, where it is conveniently attached to the sides by wood-screws. (See Figs. 5 to 7.) Asolid arcshaped portion, 6, of the top plate, T, Figs.

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2 and 8, supports its flange h and masks the upper edge of the internal screen, I. Within the contour of said portion 93 an ornate openwork portion, j, surrounds the stove-pipe ring for the free escape of heated air from the stove-space, which is partly surrounded by said screen. Upon said ring 7c the stove-pipe collar 0 rests. Behind said portion 2' of the top plate is another open-work portion, Z, through which heated air escapes freely from the air-space between the screen I, the sides S S, and the wall of the car. It will be seen by reference toFigs. 1 and 2 that most of the front of the stove is fully exposed, and those portions ofthe i'rontframe, F,which cross itare of open-work, so as to offer as little obstruction as possible to direct and reflected radiation. The rear edge of the top plate, T, is stiffened by a depending rib, m, beyond which it projects to overlap a window-sill or the like for support. At its front edge the top plate has a depending edge flange, n, and a depending projection, 0, behind the same, between which a tongue rib, p, on the upper edge of the front casting, a, is securely held and masked. Foot projections 1 on the lower edge of each of the castings b c of the front F engage likewise with socket-holes r in the bottom plate, B. Otherwise the front frame, F, is attached to the front edges of the sides S, said castings a b 0 being each flanged so as to embrace said edges, and attached directly thereto by wood-' screws 8. (See Figs. 5 and 7.) Said casting (Z of the front frame, F, is so attached indirectly, being united with said castings c b by metal screws t crossing appropriate broad lap-joints. (Compare Figs. 1 and 6.) This casting 01 forms an efficient mid-height guard in front of the stove, and it is stiffened against breaking strains by ribs u onits back, as best seen in Figs. 2 and 6. The sides S are made, furthermore, to tie together the top and bottom plates by wood-screws s, passing through perforations in the outer lateral flanges, f, of the top and bottom plates into said sides. The top plate, T, so held down, holds in by its front flange, n, the upper edge of the front F, and the remainder thereof is attached to said sides S, together with the interior screen, I, and to the bottom of the plate 13, as aforesaid, so that all the parts are securely united, except said collar O,which is held in place on the top plate by the stove-pipe, and may be independently fitted to the latter, and at the same time be more ornate than acollarcast on the top plate. Said bottom plate, B, is furthermore constructed with base-flanges o to at its front and lateral edges, rendering its floor elevated. An air-space is thus formed between said floor and the floor of the car, as seen in Fig. 2. Said front flange, o, is provided with air-inlets, and the rear edge of the bottom plate is supported by oblique base-flanges m and indented, as shown at ;1 so that there is at all times a free escape of the air rearward into the space behind the screen latter with said opening.

I, as indicated by arrows in Fig. 2. To-admit the cold air in transit to the bottom of the stove a large opening, 0, is formed in the bottom plate, B, and studs 2 are formed around the same to coact with the customary base-rim of the stove, so as to insure coincidence of the The base-rim embraces said studs z, and the bottom of the stove surrounded by said base-rim is exposed to the air above said opening 0.

I have shown and described in detail a stovebox embodying all the several features of my invention with illustrative ornamental designs. It will be understood that the particular nature of such designs forms no part of my present invention, and I do not limit my respective claims, hereinafter stated, to details whichare not specifically called for 1n the several claims.

Having thus described my said improvement in stove-boxes for cars, I claim as my invention and desire to patent under thls sp.ecification- 1. An open-front stove-box for cars, com- 0 prising cast-iron top and bottom plates, a castiron front frame, and flat wooden sides, sub stantially as herein specified.

2. An open-front stove-box for cars, com prising a cast iron top plate, a cast-iron bottom plate shorter from front to rear than said top plate, and flat wooden sides composed of tongued and grooved boards arranged vertically so as to be readily cut and adjusted in fitting the stove-box into cars, substantially as herein specified.

3. An open-front stove-box for cars, comprising an open-work cast-iron top plate and flat wooden sides, an internal heat reflector or screen of sheet metal, forming a stove-space and a protective air-space between the stovespace and said sides, and a cast-iron bottom plate having base-flanges which form air-inlets, and an air-space communicating with said protective airspace, substantially as herein specified.

4:. In a stove-box, the combination, with flat wooden sides formed by narrow boards,-and a curved internal sheet-metal screen, of cast iron top and bottom plates constructed with flanges forming marginal grooves which coact with the ends of said boards, and curved flanges which support the upper and lower edges of the bent screen, substantially as herein specified.

5. In a stovebox, the combination, with wooden sides and a curved internal sheet-metal screen, forming a stove-space,and an air-space between the stovespace and said sides, of a castiron top plate having an are -shaped portion which masks the upper edge of said screen, and open-work portions within and in rear of said arc-shaped portion for the free escape of heated air, substantially as herein specified.

. 6. The combination, in a stove-box, of suitable sides and an internal screen which aid in forming two compartments, one of which is flanges and an-indented rear edge forming airthe stove-space, a. top plate having openoutlets, the latter behind said screen, substan- IO Work portions for the escape of heated air tially as herein specified.

from the respective compartments and a cast- 5 iron bottom plate which is constructed with front and side base-flanges, forming an air- Witnesses:

space beneath its floor, and said front flange "WM. W. VANDEWA'IER,

forming air-inlets, and a pair of short base- DAVID W. BINNs. 

